AutoCorrect

[bimosekin]

I do know that "AutoCorrect" exit in office applications
which are on individual profile level. Is possible to
create a "AutoCorrect" which is global with an
enterprise/company, if yes, how can this be done.

Thanks,
bimosekin

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Not really. Most AC entries are stored in .acl files, one per "language."
Some are stored in normal.dot. You can make a master list of AC entries
using the utility downloadable from the MVP FAQ site. Using that utility you
can distribute your master list to all of your users. It is just that these
then revert to being individual files. I guess when you have something to
add, you can send the master list out again and have people run the utility
again.

AutoText entries are much easier to handle since they can be stored in
global templates which can be routinely updated as a part of a user's
network login.
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See <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm> for step-by-step
instructions on moving / sharing / copying customizations including
AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, macros, etc.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://www.addbalance.com/word/index.htm>

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>

Word Resources Page
<URL: http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm>

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm. This
allows you to view the text file containing the AutoCorrect entries.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word

 

[Charles Kenyon]

I'm far from an expert, but...

Thanks for the response. However, I have 2 other
questions:

1) Since the users might be able to expand the contents by
adding their entries, is it possible to merge 2 .acl
files. The idea is to merge master list with whatever the
user already insertd.

I believe the utility you can download from the MVP FAQ site will do this.
Could be wrong; it has been more than a year since I used it.

2) Can one define 2 .acl files for the same language?

I don't think you can have two active .acl files for the same language. You
can probably define as many as you want by moving the old ones.

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://www.addbalance.com/word/index.htm>

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>

Word Resources Page
<URL: http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm>

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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